Album Covers Zine

For this project I had to create a zine based on an area of design. The focus was on research and design concept process. A zine is like a magazine but smaller and typically a handmade self-published work. This zine was created using the Adobe InDesign.

I chose to do my zine on album covers because I love music and I thought this would be an exciting topic to gather inspiration for and to research. This eight page zine covers a brief synthesis of the history of album covers, their artwork, and how the music and design industries evolved because of their invention and diversity.

 

Planning Sketches

My goal was to utilize negative space and bold, crisp typography to guide the eye through the design. Since album covers are designed in 12×12 square I wanted to utilize this shape throughout the design as well as other simple shapes to add to the clean design.

Font Exploration

Keeping with the crisp and clean theme, I chose Futura PT as my font. Futura PT also has many font weights to choose from. 

Color Theme

I felt that these colors resonated with vinyl records and also gave off a retro vibe that went with the topic well

InDesign File

Page Spreads